What is Afshin Nahavandi's specialty?

Afshin Nahavandi (NPI 1518935808) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Hospitalist in Escondido, CA.

Where does Afshin Nahavandi practice?

Afshin Nahavandi practices in Escondido, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1518935808.

How much does Medicare pay Afshin Nahavandi?

Afshin Nahavandi (NPI 1518935808) received approximately $289K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 1,091 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1518935808

Afshin NahavandiM.D.

PRACTICEPALOMAR HEALTHSee all providers at this practice →

HospitalistEscondido, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,923

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

3,276

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$288K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,917 Hospitalist providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 446).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,858

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$86K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

16.3%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium101 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium95 claims

Tamsulosin Hcl74 claims

Amlodipine Besylate69 claims

Gabapentin65 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

97.8

Quality

5.3

Cost

75.6

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.96%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$31

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$31

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$31

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Afshin Nahavandi's patients come from & go

Directional shared-patient flow from Medicare claims — who sends patients to this provider (inbound) and where this provider's patients go next (outbound). 101 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
PALOMAR HEALTH	280	930
American Medical Response Ambulance Service, Inc. Ambulance Service Provider · San Diego, CA	119	330
Kiran Patel Diagnostic Radiology · Oceanside, CA	100	349
Harold Pimenta Interventional Cardiology · La Jolla, CA	82	262
PALOMAR HEALTH	77	264
NPI 1245331230	67	216
William Kakimoto Diagnostic Radiology · La Jolla, CA	62	153
Jeffrey Miller Diagnostic Radiology · Oceanside, CA	58	185
Tan Nguyen Diagnostic Radiology · Dallas, TX	57	217
SAN DIEGO MEDICAL SERVICES ENTERPRISE, LLC	56	111
NPI 1063473429	52	158
Trevor Nelson Interventional Radiology · La Jolla, CA	51	170

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

No outbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

Source: CMS Physician Shared Patient Patterns (30-day window, Medicare FFS). Direction = a beneficiary seen by the first provider, then the second, within 30 days; a proxy for referral, not a documented referral. Pairs with fewer than 11 shared beneficiaries are suppressed.

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